Vicki Viotti

Honolulu, Kāne‘ohe

Editorial Page Writer at Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Writer and editor, wife and mom, adjunct lecturer

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20 for the Next 20: Amanda Leonard, Missing Child Center – Hawai‘i - Hawaii Business Magazine

1 month ago | hawaiibusiness.com | Vicki Viotti

The agency’s coordinator draws on a background in family law and her own childhood experiences to help kids and teens in distress. Amanda Leonard’s career has been focused on helping children and teens in distress, and that sometimes requires speedy, informed action and the help of the entire community through the Maile Amber Alerts that Leonard helps to activate.
20 for the Next 20: Shawn Kana‘iaupuni, Partners in Development Foundation

1 month ago | hawaiibusiness.com | Vicki Viotti

The nonprofit’s president and CEO leads unique educational initiatives, including a mobile preschool and assistance for homeless families. Shawn Kana‘iaupuni learned much at the Polynesian Voyaging Society, including a deeper understanding of Hawaiian culture’s connection to the human spirit. That’s carried through to her work with the Partners in Development Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 1997 that she now leads.
Hawai‘i Tourism: A Century and a Half in the Making

2 months ago | hawaiibusiness.com | Vicki Viotti

Once a destination for the rich and adventurous, the advent of commercial jets in the 1950s made the Islands affordable to the masses. Hawai‘i’s reputation as an enticing travel destination essentially began by word of mouth and was enhanced by the works of popular writers like Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London.
Noh Foods Blends the Flavors of Asia into Sauces and Seasoning Mixes

May 17, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Michelle Tan |Vicki Viotti

SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Awards Hall of Fame: Raymond Noh took over the small family business in 1983 and turned it into a global food brand. Starting more than 60 years ago, Noh Foods took flavors from Asia and other parts of the world and created its own versions, and today it sells those packets of sauce mixes and flavorings around the world. Among the most popular flavors are Chinese char siu, Hawaiian iced tea, Korean kalbi mix and kālua salt flavoring.
Enviroservices & Training Center Helps Clients Navigate Complex Environmental Rules

May 10, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Michelle Tan |Vicki Viotti

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: From a two-person startup, founders Mike Yee and Gregory Perry built an environmental consulting firm with global reach. Mike Yee remembers what it was like to come in on the ground floor of the environmental consulting industry. He was at the University of Washington in the 1980s, when environmental laws passed in the ’70s began being enforced.
Fly Shuttle & Tours Is Rapidly Growing, But the Owners Still Get Behind the Wheel

May 7, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Michelle Tan |Vicki Viotti

2024 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award winner: Brothers Tim and Thai Lai started with two vans and now oversee a giant fleet, tire sales, a repair shop and more to come. At its start 15 years ago, Fly Shuttle & Tours consisted of two vans and two brothers, Tim and Thai Lai. Its primary service linked visitors with the airport and their Waikīkī hotels. But the Lais had bigger goals, many of which have already been achieved.
20 for the Next 20: Puananionaona Thoene, Carlsmith Ball

Mar 27, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Vicki Viotti

Fluent in environmental law and ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, this law firm partner works to bring development in balance with the environment. Puananionaona ThoenePartner, Carlsmith Ball For most of her career, Puananionaona Thoene has bridged her love of Hawaiian culture and the environment with her love of the law. At Carlsmith Ball, she has worked with a team that prepares clients to navigate myriad environmental laws and processes.
20 for the Next 20: Sarah Love, Lung Rose Voss Wagnild

Mar 15, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Vicki Viotti

With her background in psychology and strong leadership skills, this law firm partner helps solve thorny construction and real-estate conflicts. Sarah LovePartner, Lung Rose Voss Wagnild The first to recognize Sarah Love’s potential as an attorney was probably her mother. That’s how Love remembers it. “My mom likes to say I was an opinionated child,” she says with a laugh.
20 for the Next 20: Chris Bailey, Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center

Mar 7, 2024 | hawaiibusiness.com | Vicki Viotti

The manager of a new 33,000-square-foot manufacturing and teaching facility aims to help entrepreneurs develop marketable food products. Chris BaileyManager, Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development CenterChris Bailey knows the value of food, in part from growing up while his mother and aunt ran a Thai restaurant in Waipahu. And he spent time working in the industry in Portland while studying business at Lewis & Clark College, and after.
Star-Advertiser’s Nadine Kam, Hawaii’s pre-eminent food writer, dies at 63

Sep 6, 2023 | staradvertiser.com | Vicki Viotti

Nadine Kam, former features editor and writer for both the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Star-Advertiser and well-known for a career of spirited coverage of the local restaurant industry, fashion and music, died Tuesday night in Waipahu after an illness. She was 63. Kam joined the Star-Bulletin as a copy editor in 1988, becoming a page designer and advancing to assistant features editor and then features editor in 1998.